Exodus 2:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

In process

Exodus 7:7

Acts 7:30

The king

Exodus 4:19

Matthew 2:19

Acts 12:23

Sighed

Cry

General references

Exodus 7:7

Lamentations 3:32

Bible References

In process

Moses was 80 years old and Aaron 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.

After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

The king

Now in Midian the Lord told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

Sighed

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her:

You have conceived and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

When we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice, sent an angel,

and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your territory.

But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

Cry

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!

Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt
and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.

It will be a sign and witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

General references

Moses was 80 years old and Aaron 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.